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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7395839 | Method for manufacturing high density pile fabrics The present invention relates to a method for face-to-face weaving of a pile fabric on a weaving machine, pile forming pile warp yarns (6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, 18, 19) being interlaced alternately around a weft yarn (1) in the upper fabric and around a wef... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7231943 | Device for a weaving machine A power weaving loom includes weft thread insertion and collecting bands (6, 7). Drive units drive the bands and cause leading parts of the bands to move towards and away from one another between sides of the weaving machine and an approximately half-width po... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7168456 | Method and apparatus to remove yarns from the fringes of an industrial textile A method and apparatus for the removal of one or more lateral yarns from a woven industrial textile to prepare it for seaming. The apparatus consists of a movable table, a clamping device to hold the fabric, and a yarn removal device, consisting of a cutter and a co... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7128098 | Transfer gripper for a rapier weaving loom A thread section of a weft thread is held precisely ready for a receiving rapier in a feed rapier on a rapier loom despite the effects of retarding forces. Deflections of the thread section by the head of a receiving gripper are compensated for, whereby the feed rap... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7100941 | Pre-weakening of fabric covered airbag doors A variety of embodiments are disclosed, in both apparatus and method form, that relate to the use of fabric material in the manufacture of an air bag deployment system. In addition, fabric weakening is disclosed according to a technique that does not result in physi... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7044174 | Method and device for opening a gripper clip of a mechanical-loom gripper A stop element (24) is used to open a gripper clamp (20) of a weaving machine (3) and is associated to the gripper clamp's stop piece (21) and the stop element during the slow mode operation of the weaving machine is transversely moved in... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6988516 | Device for driving and guiding a rapier of a weaving machine A device for driving and guiding a rapier of a weaving machine, comprises a rotatable drive wheel (1) provided for driving a rapier rod (14) in a back and forth movement and a guide channel formed by adjustable guide bodies (10), (11) in ... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6948531 | Gripping collet for seam-weaving machines The gripping collet (10) for grasping a thread during the preparation of a woven seam is arranged at the end of a draw-through gripper and has a first and a second clamping element, the first and the second clamping element (20, 24) being able to be cl... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6845792 | Thread clamp for a carrier thread gripper in a rapier loom Thread clamping arrangement for a carrier gripper of a rapier loom wherein the arrangement includes a rigid support coupled to a lateral wall of a body of the carrier gripper. Each of an elongated first clamping element and an elongated second clamping element are p... | 01/25/2005 |
| 5778943 | Controllable output brake, thread feed device as well as projectile or gripper weaving machine A controllable output brake for a thread feed device includes actuating elements that are connected to a control member and are used for effecting a controlled displacement of a thread brake element. The controlled displacement is an axial play with which... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5720323 | Method and apparatus for mechanically producing a woven fabric endless seam A method for mechanically producing a seam half or a seam for making a length of woven fabric endless is characterized by the length of woven fabric being formed of warp threads extending longitudinally to the direction of the length of woven fabric as we... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5566725 | Weft clamp controller for a weft gripper in a shuttleless loom A weft clamp (8) of a gripper head in a shuttleless loom is operated by a finger (10) driven by a coupling rod (13) which in turn is activated by a cam drive (18; 30, 31). The finger is mounted to the upper end of the coupling rod which is guided by a roc... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5413151 | Gripper loom rapier guide arrangement A gripper loom includes guides mounted laterally outside the shed and guides displaceable into and out of said shed. Both guides engage guide surfaces of a rapier to guide the rapier, but the set of guide surfaces engaged by the guides mounted laterally o... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5303747 | Weaving loom with a guide for guiding a gripper head travelling through a shed A gripper head travelling through a shed in a weaving loom, has a longitudinal lateral guide surface (14A, 17A) along its gripper head body which is temporarily contacted by guide lever fingers in those positions of the head where its proper guidance is m... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5246037 | Clearing mispicks in rapier looms Weft yarn faults encountered during the operation of rapier looms are corrected by correlating the detection of the fault to the angular position of the rotating main shaft of the loom. The loom has a shed with a giver side and a taker side, a giver rapie... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5241994 | Rapier loom having a picking mechanism adjustable to yarn properties A rapier loom has a picking mechanism in which one rapier (a giver rapier) transfers a weft yarn to another rapier (a taker rapier) in mid-shed. Each rapier is oscillated toward and away from one another by a drive and includes a yarn clamp which is actua... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5183083 | Gripper guide for double-gripper weaving machines Gripper guide for double-gripper weaving machines, comprising two bearing arms (5) and (5') running above one another and adjustable individually in the warp direction. An L-shaped guide strip (7), (7') is fixed to each bearing arm (5), (5') so that it is... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5092374 | Guide and support devices for weft inserters in shuttleless looms A shuttleless loom has a pair of inserters each having a head provided with a respective weft-yarn gripper and movable from respective sides of a warp therethrough to an advanced position in a central warp region with a weft yarn held in the gripper of a ... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5090454 | Deweaving apparatus with pneumatic defective pick release for shuttle-type loom A weft filament is inserted in a loom by a mechanical shuttle from a feed side as a pick in a weft direction into a shed formed between groups of warp filaments extending and generally traveling in a warp direction. A deweaving system has a loosening nozz... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5088525 | Reed beam construction with adjustable gripper rod guide surfaces A gripper loom is equipped along its reed or slay beam with a plurality of compartments formed by separation walls extending in parallel to each other and in parallel to the lower shed forming warp threads which pass through these compartments. The upper ... | 02/18/1992 |
| 4941513 | Method for removing an incorrect piece of weft thread from a shed A method for removing an incorrectly inserted piece of weft thread from the shed of a weaving machine includes the steps of inserting a pulling thread which is connected to the incorrectly inserted weft thread and drawing out both threads from the inserti... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4922970 | Weft thread inserting gripper having a guide element for a shuttleless loom A weft thread inserting gripper for a loom is equipped with a guide element attached to a side wall of the gripper. In order to enable the guide element to properly contact the reed when the gripper moves in the loom shed, the guide element and gripper co... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4913195 | Gripper loom A filling thread feeding device (2) comprises a thread guide (4) for placing at least one filling thread (S1) into the entrainment region of a gripper (6) which can be extended into and retracted out of a shed (8). A pair of scissors (22) open ... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4702284 | Method and apparatus for inserting weft threads into the loom shed of shuttleless looms The weft thread is inserted into a loom shed by a gripper seizing the thread end with clamping jaws. The thread end is presented to the jaws by a suction effect when the jaws are at a standstill or just starting to move toward the loom shed. The suction e... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4655263 | Apparatus for presenting weft threads to the clamps of gripper rods in shuttleless looms A shuttleless loom is equipped with a displacement device for the control member or rail of the clamping device of the gripper, whereby the control rail can be displaced in parallel to the thread inserting motion of the gripper. This displacement of the c... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4630651 | Apparatus for the constrained actuation of the clamping system of filling-yarn insertion devices in shuttleless weaving machines A shuttleless weaving machine employs filling-yarn transfer at the center of a shed from a first gripper system advanced from one side to a second gripper system approaching from the other side. The yarn transfer is implemented by opening and subsequently... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4566500 | Apparatus for the constrained actuation of the clamping system of filling-yarn insertion devices in shuttleless weaving machines A shuttleless weaving machine employs filling-yarn transfer at the center of a shed from a first gripper system advanced from one side to a second gripper system approaching from the other side. The yarn transfer is implemented by opening and subsequently... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4558722 | Apparatus for the constrained actuation of the clamping system of filling yarn inserting members in shuttleless weaving machines In a shuttleless weaving machine wherein the filling yarn is inserted from both sides of the shed by means of gripper systems provided with filling yarn clamping devices and advanced into and then retracted from the shed. The filling yarn is transferred f... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4553571 | Apparatus for the constrained actuation of the clamping system of filling yarn insertion devices in shuttleless weaving machines In a shuttleless weaving machine wherein the filling yarn is inserted into the shed from both sides by gripper systems provided with clamping devices and advanced into and then retracted from the shed, the filling yarn is transferred by a controlled openi... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4515185 | Apparatus for the constrained actuation of the clamping system of filling-yarn insertion devices in shuttleless weaving machines The invention relates to a shuttleless weaving machine with filling-yarn transfer at the center of a shed from a first gripper system advanced from one side to a second gripper system approaching from the other side. The yarn transfer is implemented by op... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4384598 | Device for the constrained actuation of clamping means of filling-yarn insertion means in shuttleless weaving machines This invention relates to an improvement in a device for the actuation of clamping means for filling yarn in a shuttleless weaving machine with filling yarn insertion by means of gripper systems advanced from both sides into the shed and then retracted an... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4271873 | Pair of grippers for weaving looms without shuttle A pair of grippers for shutterless looms, of the type wherein a first gripper (carrying) grasps the weft thread at one side of the loom and carries it to the center of the warp shed, while the second gripper (drawing) receives the weft thread at the cente... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4126159 | Apparatus and method for stabilizing rapiers Magnet means are illustrated carried along the raceboard of a shuttless loom extending within as well as outside the warpshed for exerting a stabilizing force until the opposed rapiers have reached a position outside the warpshed on a return stroke.... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4112983 | Picking bands and drive arrangement for gripper weaving machine A gripper weaving machine having flexible weft inserting or picking bands formed from plastics material reinforced with carbon fibers.... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4111240 | Loom drive mechanism Drive mechanism for a rapier-type loom, including a timing belt to which the rapiers are attached and an operating means, including a dwell device, for reciprocating the belt.... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4102363 | Needles for shuttle-less looms A weft-laying needle for a shuttle-less loom has a U-shaped cross section with a relatively thick web and a pair of thinner shanks. The needle is composed of a body of synthetic-resin impregnated carbon fibers in which a woven glass fiber layer is inlaid ... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4054159 | Picking method for a shuttleless weaving machine A method and means for inserting the weft threads in a shuttleless weaving machine which are particularly advantageous. A weft thread reserve is formed between a selvedge of the fabric and the path of an inserting carrier, the weft thread is cut near the ... | 10/18/1977 |
| 4040453 | Shuttleless loom of the single or double layer type A loom is provided with a longitudinal sliding surface over the entire length of travel of the outer extremity of the needles and behind these latter; the coupling system which connects the driving member to the outer extremity of the needles comprises a ... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4022253 | Rapiers with means for limiting rapier head divergence during weft-yarn transfer A rapier of a weft inserting mechanism in a vertical weaving machine has an associated guide for engaging a cooperating rapier to prevent substantial divergence of the rapiers when they come together so as to facilitate transfer of the weft yarn from one ... | 05/10/1977 |
| 3955603 | Looms provided with means for making movement thereof uniform A textile machine incorporates a crank and a connecting rod which carries a mass of such value and so positioned that the moment of inertia of the connecting rod about the axis of the crank pin introduces inertial variations which are opposed to and of ab... | 05/11/1976 |
